The World's Andrea Crossan profiles Canadian jazz singer Holly Cole, who's got her own refreshing take on holiday music.

The answer to today's Geo Quiz is the Falkland Islands. Anchor Lisa Mullins speaks with Grant Monroe, director of Falklands Conservation, a partner to the UK-based Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, which issued a report today on the decline of the Rockhopper penguin.

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The World's Alex Gallafent reports on a group of American women in Dubai who organize a 'Christmas Homes Tour' this time of year.

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The World's Marco Werman reports on the role of music in the slums of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

The week before Christmas is an important one in many parts of Mexico. It's the time for Las Posadas...a symbolic re-enactment of Mary and Joseph's search for shelter in Bethlehem on the night Jesus was born. Reporter Julia Barton takes us to Tucson, Arizona, where a Mexican-American neighborhood has its own Posadas tradition.

The new film 'Curse of the Golden Flower' showcases director Zhang Yimou and actors Gong Li and Chow Yun Fat. Beth Accomando speaks with all three about working on the film.

Twenty-four unarmed Iraqi civilians were killed in Haditha last year. Today, Iraqis in that city said that four U.S. Marines charged with the deaths should be executed. Anchor Lisa Mullins speaks with LA Times Bagdad Bureau chief Borzhou Daragahi who has been discussing the case with Iraqis, and with US forces stationed in Iraq.

President Bush is hoping Iraqis will be able to put together a new moderate coalition of Shiites, Sunnis and Kurds that stabilize Iraq and side-line the radical Shiite cleric, Moqtada al-Sadr. But confronting Sadr and his followers--either politically or militarily--is proving to be difficult, as The World's Matthew Bell reports.

Anchor Lisa Mullins speaks with the BBC's Adam Mynott about the escalating conflict in Somalia. Forces loyal to Somalia's transitional government are fighting Islamist militias. Today, neighboring Ethiopia sent in tanks and troops to support Somali government forces.